For example, during the 1960s, there was an outbreak of CoT starfish in the Great Barrier Reef, off the east coast of Australia.

例如在20世纪60年代，在澳大利亚东海岸的大堡礁，刺冠海星的数量暴增。

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The reef is located in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland in northeast Australia.

它位于珊瑚海上，离澳大利亚东北部的昆士兰海岸不远。

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The Coral Sea covers 780,000 square kilometers and borders the Great Barrier Reef off Australia's east coast.

珊瑚海涵盖780,000平方公里，毗邻澳大利亚东海岸的大堡礁。

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